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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-12-15

following n med gentlemen were elected to fill the
respective office; w. 7. Moore, jr., president;
!. Q. oatman, recording secretary; r, II, Ian
ing, treasurer, and r. ID. lauderdAe, corresponding
secretary Messis. w. Il. Moore, IT,, and X. ID.
Lauderdae were selected as delegates to represant
Llano county Of the Dallas convention on the Goth
inst eommltte was appointed by the chair TO
draft constitution and bylaws, TO be submitted
at the next meeting.
Much enthusiasm was manifested by those pres
ent, and II was the general opinion that all mev,
evcrywh here, OF good moral character should De IT,
vited to come and settle in LlGno county The
red-mouthed anarchist and e "hea'hen & In e.
may as well remain where they for the present.
| The San Angelo hecord, In iis last issue, save,
| In substance, that q Tom Green county msn haa
juet returned from Llano county and says tie iron
boom has hursted and that the northern men, who
have invested In lands, let heir options expire aud
refused to take tAe land and have pulled mp and
left the country In disgust The is pretty hard
the country but II would be still harder for any
| 10 attempt TO crowd greater amount Of mis-
presentation In 80 short an article. The Rec
ord's inf rmant entirely n HE bRee. SO r
| from these men leaving the country In disgust,
they are now building handsome aud commodious
reside COS In Llano, and express Themselves as
| being delighted with our climate and we'll pleased
with theiI prospects fer developing, In tho near
future, the bes iron mining district In the eouh.
The optic nentioned with yrry few exceptions,
don't expire until next February The company
have bought and paid their money Tor more than
10000 acres In Llano county and several iracts In
the eastern part of N son and the no tharn part Of
Blanco counties The second diamond drill ie
expected here every day
Mrs. \. $. Yeti sold i've acres Of land near town
on SATURDAY. last to Dr.. j. s. Letcher of Lampasas
Consideration 500, 1bis tract Of land was sold
few years ago, at ESQ and then again at si5, aud
now, without any outlay, except the taxes IL brings
| $500
Mr.. Fred A Wright, of the mining company
| left last Saturday for $ Antonio and Mexico, on
business
District court opens here to-day; Judge J. g..
Towne, of Georgetown, our former district judge
| is 10 attendance.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION MARK ETs
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, December 13-May pork opened higher
to day. On Change the opening price was S15 40,
an advance of 1C5 over last night The shorts
were anxious bidders at the start. In ten minutes
sales were made at 21545. After the shorts in the
provision crowd had bought in all the stuff they
wanted, It was discovered that the demand was
very light May dropped back to $3.50 and was
steady around $15.3C@ b15 3?h, when the crowd adj
iourned to the call room. Then there was a little
spurt of buying of lard by two local operators the
immediate effect of which was to firm up pork May
which had sold down to S15 30,adyanced to $15.37h
and held pretty steadily around that price at
1880 interest In pork and lard continued good and
the day g trading was fairly large in volume.
Corn opened quiet and firm with the shorts
principal buyers. May opened at 53Ac and shortly
afterward sold to 54l6@54l4c. After this some
heavy selling commenced and prices held fairly
steady around 53%054c, Trading was not nearly
so large as during the greater part of last week.
May wheat opened lower. The start was made
ct S3c for May against last nights close Of $3.50.
Fifteen minutes later II was selling at S3Sc, hav
Ing be N firmed up by the strength In corn. Then,
under the influence of heavy selling, it sold of to
S3b@S3Ac. The large amount of wheat which lie
pressing forward to market was the bugbear of the
wheat market to-day. Though lower cables In
creased, the feeling of weakness continued The
hea, Y selling of wheat on the afternoon boort
had depressing influence on other mark cts. MAY
wheat sold off e $3.50 s21ic May corn, 53hc, ant
May pork to 1915.
FTTUREs
Following are the highest eloeing prices IN lead
Ing futures:
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NOTICE OF ACCOUNT.

The State of Texas to all persons interested in the
guardianship of the estate of Maggie Forbes,
minor.
A. j. Jernigan, guardian Of the eetate of said
for discharge In the county court of Travis county
which will he acted on at the next term of said
court, commencing the frst Monday in January,
1885, st the court house thereof in the city of Aus
tin, at which time all persons interested in said
guardianship may appeSr and contest suCh account,
If they see proper to do so.
Witness, Frank Brown, clerk Of eaid court, and
Der, 1857. F. Brown,
SEAL Clerk.
JEFF BRowN, Deputy.
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SAN ANGELO.

Resolutions on the immigration Move
mont Delegate Appointed to Dallas,
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
SAN ANGELO, December lathe citizens held
an enthusiastic meeting In the sitting room Of
Verk sterrett Co. q bank this evening 10 lay out
plan TO aesist the state in her efforts TO draw i'm
migration TO Texas
Mr. A. j. Baker was o. pointed delegate TO
represent San Angelo, and The following resoln-
tis ne were adopted:
Whereas, We as citizens of San Angelo desire
TO coO crate with other citiee OF exae 10 the Of
fort inAugurated at the recent meeting OF the buai
ness men Of Dallas at the Dallas Merchants Ex-
change, held for the purpose OF taking steps TO
bring immigration ana capital In o our state
Resolved, ist That we heartily indoree the
action of the said Dallas meeting, and hereby agree
TO do all within power 10 carry out the purpose
for which said meeting was held. M
Resolved, I'd, That We fully recognize the fact
that the Introduction OF inning alton and capita TO
our state s necessary to develop the great resourcea
of Texas,
Bseslyed Sd, That we consider the best means
TO bring about such results Is full, fair and hon
est advertising abroad Of Dur great mineral, ngri-
| cultural and stock raising advantages, together
with reduction of the passenger rates by the rail-
roads leading from he north and east Into Texas
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
NEW YORK.


New YORK, December 1s-Reeves- Receipts,
carload, with - arosds of exDort steers
10 arrive; no market for cattle; slow for dressed
beef, at sac for fair TO choice native sides, and
4ai@5c for Texas and Colorado beef. Exports, go
beeves and $50 quarters of beef. days cable
from Liverpool quotes American refrigerator beef
dull at Sc per pound.
sheep-Receipts, $500; market slow and at
easier prices, and not all sold Sheep ranged
from 3h@5c; lambs from 5M@6Sc 10 strictly
pine sheep on sale.
ST, LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, December 1S.--Cattle- Receipts, 1900;
shipments, 1000; market steady; choice heavy ma
tive steers, 4.SO950J; fair to good native eteers,
3.9e@4,40; butchers steere, fair to choice,
3l0@400; etockers and feeders fair 10 good so q
:. 80; rangers, ordintry to good, 29O04IO
Hogs--Receipts, $500; shipments 400 market
active and firm ranging from 45005,25.
sheep. Receipts, go: shipments, none; market
steady; fair to fancy, $1,000. 10.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, December l3.-The Live Stock In.
dicAtor reports:
Cattle Receipts, $500; shipments, eco; mixed
to choice, steady; butchers, dull and weak; good
to choice cornfed, d.2l@4.SU; common to me-
dium, 3.25D42O; srockers, 00@2 60; feeders, 2.65
OBS; cows 1.950l 20; grass range steers, 1.sO9
$40.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; shipments, 1000 market
opened steady, then declined 5@1Oc, ranging from
206@5.l5.
oneep-IeCelpIsi liouUy eulplneutS, uoHei HluThe'
strong, for good to choice, 3.O004OO; common to
medium dull at l5002.70.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, December l3.-The Drovers Journal
reports:
Cattie-Receipts. tlOc0 shipments, 1000
market weaker; Christmas, 5.5O96.25; shippinI
steers, 285Q5 90; stockers 2.10D3S0; cows, bulls
and mixed, IS; Texas steers, 2.00Q3,0O.
Hogs Receipts, $1,000; market weak; mixed
480@I5 80; heavy, 5.C5@D5.15: light, 4.5005,10.
sheep-Receipts, 1900; shipments, 1900; marke
steady; Christmas, 5s5@6 .0O; natives 3,C005OO
western, 325G415; TexanP, 25O03.75 lambs, 4.5I
6D5 81
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NOTICE OF ACCOUNT.

The State OF Texas to all persons interested in the
guardianship of the estates of Samuel, Mary and
Robert A. McCorkle minors:
Mrs. Mary j. McCorkle, guardian of the estate
of said minors, has filed her final account and
application for discharge in the county court of
Travis county, which will be acted on at the next
term of said court, commencing the fret Monday
In January, 1885, at the court house thereof In the
city of Austin, at which time all persons interested
in said guardianship may appear and C ntest such
account, if they see proper to do 80.
Witness Frank Brown clerk of sid court, and
the seal thereof attached this 18th day Of Novem-
her, 1887. FRANK Brown,
fsEALl Clerk.
JEFP BgOwN Beputy
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Cotton seed products-Dull and nominal; prime
crude oil, 32c asked; cake and meal, 19c.
Bran-FiTmer: 1.05611.l0
Molasses-High graoes in good demand: low
grades neglected. open kettle choice, SOC; strictly
prime, S6@S7c; centrifugals, strictly prime, > a
ETC; good prime, l9dt20c; syrup, 256530c.
200 head al for sRughterers direct and 40 carloads
of sale cattle in cattle pens from yesterday mo
demand and no trading in beeves, very dull for
dr. ssed beef at 56e5!Sc for Texas and Colorado
sides, and at 51s@7Isc for native ditto few extra
native sides went at 7alc.
Sheep Receipts, 1890; market fairly steady
and firm in the early trading, but easier before
finish and not all sold, S.00@5i5 for sheep; 1900
6.75 for LAMBDA
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The Snecial Offer

OF the Youths Companion, which we have
published, includes the admirable Double
Holiday Numbers for Thanksgiving and
Christmas, with colored covers and full
page pictures, twenty pages each. These,
with the other weekly issues to January 1,
1888, will be sent free to all new subscrib-
ers who send $1.75 for a years subscrip-
ton to January, 1889. The Companion
has been greatly enlarged, is finely illus
trated, and no other weekly literary paper
gives.so much for so low price.
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BURNETT BUDGET.
Visit of the Architects to Marble Falls
Personal ana Local Notes.
Special Telegram 10 the Statesman.

V1BlU OF Inc AICulboCLb W AhhipAo II dAAD
Personal ana Local Notes.
Special Telegram TO the Statesman.
BURNETT, December ~ The County Teachers
sonably good attendance. The teachers Of Burnett
and some.in the county, have another organization,
the Heading circle, which ueuslly meets In con
nection with the Institute Ans n Which literary,
scientific c., and other sui, scts are discussed.
mo a n TeDD NJ. McLsurin JoseRa ,I ZEE N snU
,r,eans: Walter Gresham and N. j: Clayton, val az
yeston: Eugene Heiner, Houston; B. II BUR, Vi
Wort Worth: we're at the Burnet house yestetday
on their return from marole e,o hans the.
ali expressed themselves aighly pleased with the
water power and surrounding natural resources y
be developed Mr.. Gresham, who had thought tne
capacity OF the falls % water power hsd De 9,
greatly overdIawn, said, on seeing li,lnat war ~
Ard more than II had been Represented MT
Gresham, while here, made preliminary arrange
ments with the Steam Granite works 70 secur
come Of the Barnet county stone for his new reel
dence in Galveston. m.
Imarriaqe Iicenee has been Issued 70 ThomA
Beebe and Mise L. J. Wood, Of Corwin, this ce1ntl
Mamie, the little daughter OF MI and mrs
Warren Galloway, died yesterday an
was buried to-day n IN ohs WORK II
| This cemetery is granite shaft 10 the memory
| MIS-. j. q. Mckee. tits of red granite, polished
fourteen feet high, and very handsome piece
The pulpi,s Of the city we're all filed yesterda
| exceptthat Of the Baptist church, whose paste
Raw, j. A. Arbuckle, was ut Liberty Hill:
N. c. Holman left yesterday for business u
ON. Whitney, his father aud mother and ny y.
n. G. Whitney, have returned from aYifit 70 d
Antonio. ,..,,
Ben Terrell, of seguin, lie billed TO ledu
here next Saturday In the interee.
the Farmers Allis4ce, being sent by the comm
tee of the Natiopil Alliance. 20 4. 30
A workingman's mass convention VIII " ~ ~ !,
here on Friday, December 10, the exsct oV5s'. :,
which is not yet'made known. Ihe cali cal, ioI :, y
meeting Is lseued by Msjor j. A. Rsmsden' Oh u
county, who is prominent Alliance MAJ
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financial and Commercial.
OFFICE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATESMAN, [
AUSTIN, December IS.

OFFICE DAuT AND WEEKLY STATESMAN, 1
AUSTIN, December IS.
THERE have been few changes in prices to note
during the past week. ana the general tone OF bust
nsss remains quiet. In the Wholesale and iobbers'
rsde the demand has been nothing to brag of, but
there is already commencement of the Christmas
and holiday trade, which bids fair 10 liven up the
situation, temporarily at least Business men are
watching with profound interest the railroad pro-
iect of securing a competing line north, besides
other movements looking to the increase of the
commerce of Austin, now under consideration by
the board of trade.
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Consumption Surely Cured.

To the Editor
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Austin Cattle and Horse Market.
r,srrxy naca,nhar IA .fNha follnwfnO ara lOr

Secretary Fsirchild is hunting up the
collectors of customs whose Offices cost
$4,000 annually to run, and the receipts of
which amount to little or nothing. He
suggests that the expenses shall be trifie
less or the receipts good deal more.
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False Returna.

Hartford, December 13.-Robert E.
Beecher, secretary of the Continental
Life Insurance company, and Isaac W.
Hecks, chief clerk of the company, has
been arrested for making false returns to
the insurance commissioner.
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enterprises of great pith and mo
ment" are so engrossing the minds of
men that they neglect their own affairs
and grow old with pain, forgetting that q
bottle of Salvation Oil will cure all.
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AFTER all the uproar against Al. y ns0n,
son-in-law of ex-President crew .ne
charges against him are TO DO os misSe ~
Locks like Wilson was used as a lever 10
get rid Of Grevy.
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WOOL MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS.

81. LOUlo'
ST. LOUIS, December 13.--Wool, quiet and easy
but unchanged; unwashed bright medium, l6@
23hc; coarse braid, 13Q2lc; low sandy, lO0lSc
fine hight, 15q19c; fine heavy, lO0l7c; tuhwashed
choice, Soc; inferior, 3O033c.
BOSTON.
BoeToN, Mass, December Is. Wool in fall
demand; Ohio extra, 3l@3lhc; Xxx, 39932n G.
Michigan, extra, 29@29Hc; Territory woods, 100
23hc; California fall, 9017c; unmerchsntable
feecee, 1g@93c. Other grades unchanged.
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, December t3.- Wool-M Market
quiet and unchanged; Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, Xxx and above, 500
32Mc; X, 30G31c; medium 3703Sc; coaree
3G@3fc; New York, Michigan, lAdiant
and western, fine OF X and X, 28030c; medium
360S7Hc; coarse, 36@37c; fine washed delaine, X
and X X, 95@35hc; medium washed combing ant
deleine, a7aY3Sh; S0sgse do S1Slhs; o Csnsd'
medium unwashed combing and deaine, 2SD29c
coarse do, 27@2Sc; eastern Oregon, 14020c; Valley
Oregon, 2S@27c; New Mexico and Colorado
12I20c
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PHILADELPHIA.
COFFEE MARKET.
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, December 49, Coffee market I'M
changed Wholesale grocers quote good ordinary al
zoe; fair, 20hc; prime, 2lhc choice, 2lh@29c
pesherry, 23c; old government Java, %7lsc.
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LLANo LOCALS.

Enthusiasm over the immigration Move
ment-The L1ano iron Boom
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
LLlSo. December 12.-The leading el y, e y
Llano. acting on she suggestions Contained ~
cent issue Of THE STATESMAN, called s r. ~
last Saturday night, Of the c9aL. hous. aion
4 nermsnent Organization was effected, ana tn'
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Mess pork-Per barrel, January, 1875; Fe
ruary, 14,776 MAY, .25.

|
rusry, 14,77M; May, 1928
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour-Prices nominally unchanged and steady.
Wheat No. 2 red, nc.
Corn-No. 2, 4S1s34S4c.
! Mess Pork-Per barrel, 1450G14.75.
Lard-Per 100 pounds, 7.45.
| Short NIB sides-Loose, 7.55@1760
| Dry Sailed Shoulders Boxed, 5.SO05.sO.
| Short clear sides-Boxed, 7.7O0I75.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, December 13- Coffee-Spot fair;
| Rio firm at 1Shc; options opened weaker closing
15.sO016.2O; January, 15G09l5. 95; February, 1850
OILS IS; March, 1872 @1575; April, 15;2 015.5o
May, l5.oJG15 80; June, 15.OOg1545;, July, ABS
1455; October, 14.O50l4.4O: November, 1900
| 15.7 December, 18SS), 13.9J0l4.40.
STgsra9Eiet M1SscOvado $6c refining
ers A, 6ssG7c; standard A, 65SGs.5ao'
ST LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, December 13.-Flour- Market easier.
2.200l425 i
Whest-Msrket opened weak but rallied and
later broke and rapidly declined closing about ic
below yesterday. No. Cred, cash, sou December.
CSC; January, S0x@s0ss, closing at 705lc nominIa,
May, Sla S5c, closing at SIC bid. ''''"'
Corn-Market lower; cash, 4S(04Shc; Deem
Der, 47%147Hc, closing at 476c asked; January,
@4911c, closing at 4SXc va
0ats,,LogeT; each, 8Ohc; May, slXc.
Corn Meal-Higher at 255026O. |
Whisky-Steady; LOS.
Professionalism.
Pork-New, 14t0
Lsrd-72OG7.25.
Dry Salt Meats-Boxed shoulders, 575a6O m.
long cears, 5OJ7 10; clear ribs 77O6D775; short
clears, 7.75GS00. 'A'i'
Bacon--Boxed shoulders, $50; long clears. $40.
clear ribs, $50; short clears S.67h.
Hams-Steady at I0.25ll12 90
Afternoon B0ard-Wheat, steady: Decenoba-
l19Ssc bid; January, 792lc bid; May, S4hc. Corn
lower: December 461kc January, 45Ikc nominal
May, 4ssSc. Oats, steady May, SlXc
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, December 13.-Corn-Duu
dropping; mixed 6@g63c, white, Gle; We and
63GJ64c. How
Cofee-Easier; Rio, 16K01gkc.
Sugar-Quiet; centrifugals, choice white,
on white, 5SG5 15-l6c. r1-l6c
Osts-Firmer; No. g 416I42c.
Cornmeal-Quiet at 275.
bAy-Demand strong, and prices highe
10 gOQ 20 90; choice 21.00025O0. e; p Am
LOG Products-Dull and lower.
Pork 1850.
Lard. CO.
Bulk Meats-Shoulders, 637L:
lear ribe, 1924 ong ctes, a,
Becon-Shoulders, SIS; long C. -
ibe, s.62H. ear and ,,o
Hams-1l .5Ol12OO. Sie
Mhisky-Quiet at .05di3l.
Rice-stesdy at 4Hd5l4.
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FINANCIAL.
BRITISH Console

LONDON, December 1S.-Consols closed lOi 7-I6
| for money and for silver, Alld.
| Money.
New YORK, December 13-Money on Isll was
easy, at 4@4h per cent? last loan at Az per cent;
closed offered at per cent; prime mercantile
| paper, eos per cent; sterling exchange dull and
weaker at 4sl for sixty day bills and 4s4h for
| demand.
| Bonds and Stocks.
NEW YORK, December 13.-Bonds and stocks
closed at the following prices bid:
| BONDS.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-17

NJ " A Smith. in his "Benderloch, -
relate the following encounter between a
larg, earth worm and very hungry frog
The frog made repeated ant desperate
efforts 10 swallow the worm iy great
-,uI ps. the worm taking advantage If the
periodically relaxed hoid 10 Withdraw its
already cngul.ed end as far as possible
After q heightened struggle the half
ufloca'cd frog had managed to gorge
about one. half the wriggling ami strug
Cling creature when the latter reached
the stem Of rosebush. despite the siren
nous endearOr OF the frog TO prevent it,
No sooner had the worm reached this
than. using il as point II support, ir
carefully and gradually wound ltsel,
around Il until it succeeded in withdraw
iny Is Who'll length from the diving
tomb and coiling itself Ia safety round
thn stem
fro-sy sat still for some seconds, lis
tufbcd in It's mind and its interior, and
then hoped disconsoiately away
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SATURDAY DECEMBER l.
ANARCHISTS.

Mr.. Adams of the Illinois Legislature
,sa bold and sensible man, and we are
surprised that the press has not taken
hold of his bold movement IN the bill he
proposes to expel Anarchists. We
called attention year ago 10 the diff
Guilty in our laws, that take no notice OF
a crime that was not known when the
laws were made. We are confronted
with startling and most alarming
danger of which our laws took no note,
and Of course The new crime unknown in
former law making demands new law.
Mr.. Adams takes lhc bull by the horns
and very nationally shows that If there
IS an organization to destroy society
with weapon hitherto unknown and
dangerous beyond calculation, society
must make a law that can meet danger
that old laws knew naueht of.
But there Is more in this than Mr.
Adams as a legislator contemplaies. The
fact is that in any town of $4,000 inhabi-
tants there is socialistic position broken
who infuses into the people an idea Of
revolution against organized society, and
there are many ignorant people who do
not understand that the organized society
of America is free representative gov
eminent.
Now when the Nihilist of Europe,
bread in the element Of class oppressed
by tyranny, comes to illustrate the dis
eased ideas in free country, the ques
ton is whether Mr. Adams has reached
the remedy.
The Anarchist may be shipped back TO
his own country, but the question is how
to characterize him
He may perjure himself in the cause
of humanity as be champions murder in
the same cause.
lie can get into the United States on
perjury. The point is to catch and hang
him wherever founl, and it needs a law
to apply TO the sort Of criminal that We
have not known before
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remember very well tie first case
ever had 90 defend in court. My client q
negro. had tuck hog My father Lett
me 10 make my own beginning and to
wrestle with justice alone. lsaid. Jim
when you arc called plead not guilty, aud
ask for trial by jury
Yes sab, said Jim
When Jim was called Le stood up and
the clerk read in Ais stereOtyped way ihe
indictment, ending contrary 10 the form
and statute. ETC., and asked
whereof are you guilty or no;
guilty.
'.Sahs said Jim
"Read 10 over said the Judge; and
over again it was accordingly read, and 10
the same concluding interrogation Jim
again responded, "Saht'
see here, YOU, said the judge. he Is
asking yOu II you took that hog OF not Do
And to my horror Jim scratched his
head and, with a conliding smile, said
Yes, sah jcdge, 1 tuck de hog" and SO
ended my frs, lesson Cor. New Orleans
Picayune.